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VOLUME 9. ' ~~" fORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH A, 1863, * V ' NUMBER 9. A
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J^UTHEMFIELD & FIRESIDE.
Unexampled Success !
* " ^ BACK NUMBERS FOR THE NEW SEMES
EXHAUSTED!
PRIZE STORY!
v ? * - The Proprietor of ilie SOUTHERN FIELD AND FIRE
SIDE announces tbot in consequence of the firvt numbers
J* ?1{? Of the new eerie* be fug exhausted, and In oriler that new
? *. ' wthncriber* mny begin with die commencement of a NEW
- ? STORY, "Bellmont" will he complete In Number 5, Janu?
'' toy 31, anil the PRIZE STORY of
"THE RANDOLPHS OFRANDOLPH HAIL"
By Miss Serkxa A. Mixer, of Covington, Ga.,
- Will be commenced in Nttrabcr 6, Feb. 7tli, and all sub"
. seriptions received at the office on and after the SNth of Jnnt
- ; ttarv, trill be entered on the books and cohimcncc with the
Sttry. . ,
MMk t e r m s :
. VjT* * For One Year.. . . $3 00
For Sit Month* 2 00
N?.. For Three Month* 1 00
" Single Cople* TemCruts
?' ',,,Ka *?? nr mnni Inr nno I'Wir. .45 Pflcl).
WV_ * " ' six months, ?1 each.
Address, JAMBS GARD.VER,
* - Augusta, Ga.
, February 11 6 * Ip
V _* enrolling OFFICE.
_ \ YORKV1LI.E, S. C., February 5,1863.
T BY orders from Colonel JOHN S.
- t, X PRESTON, Commandant of Conscripts, Columbia,
r * t S. C., nil wltite mate residents of York District, aud nil
-, . transient persons wltbin tlie limits of the same, between
? eighteen (18) and forty (411) years of age, hot now in the
" - military service of the Confederate States, will report to me
_' ^ ; *t YORKVILLE, within a reasonable time from the publl
? cation of this notice, or be published as defaulters.
* ' * ' II. No exemption or discharge of a date prior to October
lltlt, 1862, will be considered valid of itself, but will be
revised.
"Ilf, All officers, non commissioned officers and privates,
absent from their commands without leave or on expired
leave, will report forthwith to these head-quaners, or be
arrested wherever, found.
* > ~ ISY The attention of militia officers commanding Bent
Companies in 46th and 34tli Regiments, S. C, Militia, is
'< called to GENERAL ORDERS, No. 43. of the Adjutant
and inspector Ceaeml of South Carolina, requiring them to
furnish Complete Rolls of all wlilte male persons between
^ -r, the ages of eighteeu (18) atid forty (40) years, within the
limits of their respective Beats, without regard to exemption
i *>r discharge. They will furnish these Rolls forthwith, or
. be reported for disobedience of orders.
I, N. WITHERS,
Captuln and Enrolling Officer.
? ** . February 11 6 tf
HEAD-QUARTERS.
' r" - Goldsboko, N. C., Feb. 12,18G3.
. . GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 8.
f . T PARAGRAPH II, GENERAL
* ^r~* ORDERS No. 5.?Current series in relation to the
< ' * "amnesty to deserters, is amended to read as follows : a full
pardon, except as to the forfeiture of pay, for the period of
unauthorized absence, is hereby proclaimed to all enlisted
. _ men absent without leave, who may voluntarily return to
their respective commands on or before the 5th of March
, next. ?
. i1".* . * * ? ' ?
By command of Maj. General S. G. French.
GRAHAM DAVES,
Major and A. A. Gen.
OFFICE DEPOT Q. M.,
Goldsboro, N. C.. Feb. 12,1863.
Each newspaper in North Carolina, and In Columbia, Anderson,
Greenville and Yorkville, South Carolina, will pulvlisti
above General Order No. 6, once a week for three
weeks, and send biU with copy of advertisement to this
office, J. B. MOKEY,
Major and Dept. Q. M. "
February 25 8 3t
. HOUSE AND EOT FOR SAEE.
TRE undersigned olfers for sale, or in exJgggBk
change for NEGRO PROPERTY, his very
!?!>! valuable HOUSE AND LOT, situated on
llitSlH C'ougress Street, lu Yorkville, S. C. The
HOUSE contains six rooms, witli a tire1
II llllftlllM pjaee fiac|(>
Tl?e OUTBUILDINGS, consisting 'of Servant's Houses,
Cook Kitchens, Meat-House, Lumber-House, Carriage
House and Com Crib, arc nearly new, having but recently
haon erected. ; * . . . The
lot is supplied With a well of EXCELLENT
WATER, anil contains everything necessary for couvc
nienee aud comfort?making the property the most desirable
In Yorkville. ,
For Ternw, &c., apply to TnOMAS DAVIES,
Yorkville, S. C.
tyj- The Carolinian will please copy two weeks, Dally,
and send account to this office.
December 24 52 tf
ssxxttrnrr~ri a dat txt a yaptr mst
S\j U Hi umkvmiUi jl wi.n. i/j-uTRICT.?'Where#*,
JON. N. McEDWEE, Jr.,has applied
to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular,
tile goods and chattels, rights and credits of
RALPH MOULTON, fate of the District aforesaid, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and
appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said
District, to-beholden at York Court House on the 13th day
of March next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Ad
ministration should not be granted.
Given under ray hand and Seal, tills 23rd day of February,
in the rear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and in the eighty-seventh year of the independence
of South Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. J).
February 23 8 2t
^X^CII^MITNA^yorkdiF<*
k} TRfCT.?Whereas, JOHN P. HOOD lias applied
fo nje for Letters of Administration on all and singular,
- the goods aud chattels, rights and credits of JOHN P.
BURNS, late of the DQirict aforesaid, deceased.
Tuese are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be
and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for
the said District, to be hoiden awj^ork Court ilousc, on the
13tb day of March next, to shew cause, if any, why
the said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 23d day of February
in the. year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
* sixty-three, and in the eighty-seventh year of the Itidepiudence
of Soutli Carolina.
JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D
February 23 8 2t
T>ANAWAY.?FROM THE SUBJL'b
scribcr on the 3d instant, my negro man JEFF. He
is of a dark copper color, five feet 8 or 10 inches high, and
kboot 140 pounds, 40 years old, has a down cost look,
speaks rather slowly when spoken to, and had On when he
letl, a blue Yankee coat. I bought him from Col. W. II.
McCorkle, of Yorkville, where he had gone for some clothing?when
last heard from, he had taken the cars at that
place and was going in the direction of Chester. He lias
? been acting asa HOTEL SERVANT fot several years past,.
and will, no doubt, endeavor to act in that capacity as a
free boy. Any information concerning him, or if lie is
lodged in Jail, will be thankfully received, and liberally
rewarded. E. H. EDWARDS,
Rock Hill, S. C.
January 28 '4 6t
YORK J>1ARBLE YARD.
RICHARD HARE, respectfully inibnns the citizens of
. York and Chester Districts, and the adjoining counties of
North Carolina, that he is fully prepared to supply every' article
in the MARBLE LINE, of the highest style of finish
and at reasonable prices.
He keeps constantly on hand, a large supply of FOREIGN .
and DOMESTIC MARBLE, and specimens of his work <
mav be always seen at the Yard, nearly opposite the "ENQUIRER"
PRINTING OFFICE, and a few doors North
of "StoweV" Hotel.
C(?-A11 work will be delivered at any point on the King's
Mountain Railroad, FREE of charge.
lie Is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING
of any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, !tc.
January 10 2 )p
lYEQUITI? ioRRDISTRICT.
Jno. D. Maclean, Executor,}
ti. S BUI for tale of land <5" negro.
Robert Patrick, ami others. )
IT appearing to my satisfaction that
Robt. P. Bigger, John Millen and Sclina, his wife,
James Bigger, Thomas Davis and John Davis, defendants
(ft above stated case, reside beyond the limits of this State.
It is, therefore, on motion of Williams and Beatty, Complainant*
Solicitors, ordered, that said absent defendants do
appear and plead, answer or demur to the Bill tiled in this
case, within three months from the publication of this notice,
or said Bill wil! be taken vro coiifcsso as to them.
WALTER B. METTS,
Commissioner in Enuitv.
February 18,1863. 7 3rn
OFFICE A. <1. Mm
CHARLESTON, S. C., October 1st, 18G2.
ATR. J. C. MILLER is appointed
JLt-L Agent of this Department, for the purchase of
FODDER and CORN for the Districts of York and Chester.
Planters desiring to sell will communicate with him,
through tiie POST OFFICE, nt Yorkviile, S. CarolinaParticular
attention must be paid to the PACKING. No
WATER must be used, as great loss to the Government was
experienced last year, by Fodder being improperly packed,
all such will be rejected.
MOTTE A. PRTNGLE, Capt. and A. Q. M.
October 15 4-2 tf
DR. ALFRED C R A VEN
|ksibtnf Snrgton geitiist,
YORKVILLE, S. C.
(S^On the East side of Main Street, South of the "Palmetto
Hotel.
January 6 1 tf
FOR SALE.
J 00 fts COPPERAS.
100 !bs BLUE STOVE. ^ ;.
500 BUNCHES YARN.
Call soon at W. D. & J. C. MILLER'S.
October 22 43 . tf
T^XECUTOR'S NOTICE.?ALL
JLi persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. MARY
WRIGHT, deceased, will make immediate payment. All
those having claims against the same will hand tbem in,
properly authenticated, within the time prescribed by law.
J. H. ADAMS, Exeputor.
February IS 7 3t
The Cotton Crop.
The following despatches from the British
Consuls at Charleston and Savannah, on <
the subject of the cotton crop of 1862, liavd
been received by the English Government: <
British Consulate, Charleston, ) 1
November 24, 1862.. f t
My Lord :?With reference to my des- t
patoh No. 104, of the 13th of August last
iD whioh I bad the honor to submit to your <
Lordship certain information on the subjeot 1
of the cotton then existing in the Southern i
States of Amerioa, I-beg leave to state that i
I have taken some pains, pow that the crop i
of 1862 is gathered, to ascertain whether .
any alteration & to' be made in the estimate I
upon which my despatch was based. I find,
after careful inquiry, that a quarter of a i
million bales may be added to the amount
supposed to be on hand. It may, therefore, :
be roughly calculated that there remain in 1
those States 4,250,000 bales of upland cot- !
too, which could be exported in tne event i
of the ports being opened to trade.
I beg leave to report that the long or Sea i
Island cotton does not enter into my esti- ;
mate, for the reasons given In my despatch
No. 104.
It should be always borne in mind that ;
the irregularity, and, in some instances, !
total suppression of communication between 1
portions of the Southern States, render all
cotton calculations somewhat arbitrary.
R. BUNCH. J
British Consulate, V
Savannah, December 6, 1862. j ;i
My Lord :?As at this period of the <
year a tolerably correot estimate may be i
formed of the quantity of cotton produced
the last season in the Southern States, I !
beg to submit to your Lordship, for the information
of her Majesty's Government, <
the result of my inquiries respecting this
important question, and to report more par- i
ticulaily on the production in the State of
Georgia. ' :
In former years Georgia was the chief 1
cotton producing State of the Union, but J
as the cultivation of the plant became more 1
extended, Mississippi and Alabama, from i
the rich quality of their lands, gradually
surpassed her; Mississippi now holding the
first rank, and Alabama the second. 1
According to reports made to the Comptroller
General of this State by the tax collectors,
the amount-of land planted in cotton
this year iu Georgia is about 260,000
acres, yielding in round numbers 60,000
bales of cotton of 500 pounds each; ordinarily
the production is 700,000 bales, requiring
an area of about 3,000,000 acres.
I am, of course, unable to report'as accurately
respecting the crops of other States,
but the best information at my command
strongly induoes the belief that the entire crop
gathered this year did not exceed
1,000,000 bales, proving the correctness of
the approximate estimate transmitted to
your lordship in my despatch, No. 16, of
the 10th of May last.
The crop of 1861 was estimated at 4,500,000
bales. Deducting from the crops
of 1861 and 1862 the quantity of cotton
which has run the blockade, the amount
destroyed to prevent capture by the Federalists,
and the quantity used for homo consumption,
which, since the commencement
of the war, Las enormously increased, being
now fully 500,000 bales per annum, it will
leave in the South not more than 3,500,000
bales. The urgent neccsssity for the cultivation
of breadstuffs since the Federal occupation
of Kentucky and the best grain
growing regions of Virginia, Tennessee and
North Carolina, and the consequent strong
popular oppositioa to the planting of ootton,
together with other causes of hardly less
importance, such as the entire want of bagging
and rope necessary to put the cotton
ioto merchantable condition, will tend hereafter
to prevent any increase in the stock,
possibly to diminish it; while, should the "!
T3_ I 1_ 1 1 _ .1
reaerais succeed id mailing iurcner aavan- t
ces into the interior of the cotton growing .t
States, the cultivation of that plant will be
entirely abandoned, and tho negroes removed
to the mountainous districts, where
breadstuffs alone can be raised. ?
E. MOLYNEUX. ! I
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Gen. Johnson and Judy Paxton. |
We heard of a little incident yesterday
that may profit some of our Northern foes
if this paper fall into their hands, and they
will take the trouble to peruse it.
General Joe Johnston was receiving his
friends at the Lamar House on Sunday. He
was surrounded by many gallaut officers
who bad called to pay their respects, and i
conversation was at flood tide, when there j
came a smart rap at the door. An officer, J
shining with stars and gold lace, opened the |
door; and there stood a venerable negro
woman with a coarse sun bonnet on her j
head, and a cotton umbrella under her arm.
"Is this Mr. Johnson's room ?" asked
the African descent.
The glittering officer nodded assent.
"Mister Joe Johnston's room ?" '
Assent again being condescended, the 1
swarthy woman said, "I want to see him." :
la she marched, sans ccremonie, and familiarly
tapped the great military chieftiau
on the shoulder. He turned and clasped
her ebony hands in his, while she for a mo
ment silently perused his features. At j c
length she spoke:
"Mister Joe, you is getting old." i t
What followed? We cannot record the ! <
conversation; but we do know that as the i
General affectionately held his old nurse's \ c
hand, and answered her artless enquiries,! 1
large tears rolled down his soldierly cheek, 1
and among the dashiDg and reckless officers f
who witnessed the interview, "albeit, un? i
used to the melting mood," there was not f
a dry eye. We may say in the words of.a t
well known plaintive Ethiopian ditty?-"the a
tears fell down like rain." e
The venerable negress who made the t
commander of the Armies of the West cry g
like a baby, was Judy, slave of Dr. Paxton, <
who had "toted" Joe iD her arms when he v
was not a General, and nobody knew that t
he would be.?Knoxville Register. 1
The Yankees and the Contrabands, f a
A man, who signs himself "D. B. Nich- s
>ls, Superintendent of the Contrabands, c
Washington, D. C.," publishes a long card, r
ippealing to the philanthropio North for r
help. He says there are a hundred thou- (
;and contrabands on hand, who need every i
>ort of assistance. "Their wrong views of .1
Bible morality urgently call for the labors t
sf the missionary." When the Negro has
been thoroughly indoctrinated with Yankee
morality, he will be a very much altered
inimal, no. doubt! But the trouble is, how (
to help him and what to do with him.? j
Northern philanthropists'complain of Sam- ?
bo's unreasonable demands and wayward manners?loose
all patience and refuse any '
assistance. Mr. JNicboIs ondertaaes to explain
tbe character of Sambo. He has been (
iccustumed to bare honse, fuel, clothing, ?
food, medical attendaooe all free gratis? j
his master furnished them, and, the 1
negro relied upon him for them. Now he '
expects to receive wages, and still to have '
all the necessaries and comforts of life sop- '
plied to him without price. When ashed '
by the Yankee philanthropist: 1
"Why do you expect the North to give '
you food, clothing and houses, and what J
return do you propose making for those bene- 1
fits ?" the emancipated slav6 replies as fol- :
lows : "Old Master gave all bis people food without
having anything to pay for it.? '
Our bacon and meal, is always here j about 1
this we had no care. Now wc oertainly ex* *
pect the Union people to do as well by us '
as our masters did in'Dixie.' Then, again, '
dut masters once a year distributed clothing 1
among the people, and this, again, was free 1
?we had nothing to pay for it; and we ^
think that the more liberal Union people
will do even more for us in this repect than '
pur Southern masters." '
"Besides this, slavery bad its privileges, 1
and the slave bis rights. The slave was 1
permitted to have his own poultry-yard and
'truck-patch/ and by most masters was allowed
the keeping of a pig, and bad the
privilege of doing over-work for his own
benefit, when the task of the master was
completed:"
Now this does not suit the Yankee at all.
He must teaoh the negro the blessings of
wages?in tghich phrase is embraced every
iegree of human wretohedness?and for
the simple, confiding and contented befog
that he was, make him a huckstering thief
worthy of his Yankee associates.
Mr. Nichols gives a few inBtanoes of-neyro
greenness :
"For example?a few days since, I was
addressing a young man, who had only two
children, showing him how important it
was for him to remove his wife and ohiliren
out ot the camp and furnish them with
support, but.be replied : l only have twenty
Sve dollars per month."
"Two days sinoe, a well-dressed man,
with a new suit of clothing on, called upon
ne to ask for eiothing, to have It donated
:o him, and his plea was, be had as yet not
eceived 'his share' from the Government.
Sow this man had no. one to oare for, was
limself receiving ten shillings per day every
lay he worked, and yet he thought that the
jovernment had withheld from him his
ightful dues in clothing."
"A few dayssince, a mother who had, to
ny knowledge, received ?18.50 for her lajor,
and then spent 75 cents for jewelry,
ind after that came to ine to furnish her
jhild with a pair of shoes, and upon my
>aying, 'Why did you not take the money
pou paid for jewelry and buy your shoes ?"
.1 K-J ./"VU >L.k T
)iit? rejmeu, -v/ii luau uiyuvj x nuucu xuij |
md could do as I pleased with it,' plainly
showing thus the croppiug out of the same
jrroneous teaohing "
We tbiDk Cuff will bother the Yankees (
iome ; but it is sad to think what will be ?
;he fate of these poor creatures, when they c
thall have passed through the ordeal of fi
Jfaakee Bible morality, and been swindled y
md starved by the higher law of free socie- j
,y.?Richmond Whig.
"Mammoth Armada." t
Charleston or Savannah, or both, are now J
iwaiting, breathless,' the onslaught of the
greatest war fleet ever seen in our hemis- ^
jbere. The crisis is upou thein. Many a c
seating heart longs and burns to be with the 8
mvied defenders of those cities, under c
loramand of the heroic and devoted Beau- 1
egard, this day. Many a Confederate sol- a
lier would make a present of ten years of c
lull existence in exchange for "one crow- ''
led hour of glorious life" under our flag 1
jpou those forts and batteries,^and under
he eye of such a chief. 8
Charleston has envied llichmond j Savan- t
rah has been kept from her sleep by the r
Tanie of Yicksburg. Their garrisons, lying r
dly in their quarters, have pined that they '
vere not sharers in the passage of arms at 8
Fredericksburg, when the Georgian Law- *
on stood the battle-brunt with his brigade,
md Maxcy Gregg poured out the last drops 1
)f his noble blood for the independence of i
South Carolina! At last those slighted
(ities have theirturn ; those injured soldiers fc
cceive attention. Bo not their hearts leap i
lp at the summons to the battle? Will
hey not make the names of Charleston and 0
Savannah names of terror to the craven d
ifankce heart from this day to the ending d
>f the world ? s
We know not accurately what number o?
ron-clad ships the enemy have got in their t:
'mammoth armada j but they will have no s
ise for anything short of iron-clads in face a
if our forts. Charleston and Savannah both tl
lad time for preparation. They have both e
ong known that they were coveted objects s:
or the foe. Charleston, above all, that first gi
n the hour of Fate struck down the felon vs
lag of the Yankee, and rung, through the
hroat of cannon, the death-knell of a foul a
,nd rotten Union?Charleston is the choice- f<
st morsel to glut the dearest vengeance of ji
ho Puritan heart. May God fight for the ri
;allant city! A smashing defeat of the ti
'mammoth armada" in those waters now, c
rould almost?wo think?make the afifec- o
ionate soul of the gentle Northwest turn a b
ittle more to the thoughts of peace. Every b<
hip,of the "armada" subk, will give rise to
i constitutional scruple in the Democratic tl
sonscienoe. The disgrace of their striped w
ag will make them feel that oar friendship
nust be cultivated, and that their own war
lebt is a thing to be repudiated. Diplo- C
natize for us, then, :ye. bullets of Sumtei! ?
Soothe our Great Northwest for us, je bat- 0
;eries of BQ&urdg&T&l^JZichnwiidIlnq4 p
Letter from John Mitchel. w
Among the correspondence captured rejently
by the Yankee Government from.Jtfa- si
or Saunders was a letter addressed by
John Mitchel?-one of the Irish rebels of $
L848?to a Dublin paper. It commences ?
jy telling how be escaped into Virginia.?
Lie arrived incog, at New York, and pro- g
needed as fast as possible to one of the J*
Southern counties, where, in company with ;wo
officers of the Confederate army, he jj
jro'ssed the Potomao, "close by foqr gun- ?
soats, and under the bow of a Yankee rev'
rp
;nue cutter." He extols the people of. the
ower oountieB of Maryland, says they are ?
oyal to the core to the Confederacy, and a
;hat they are oonstantly smugglin^ontra- in
iand goods to their friends in the Smith.? T
Mr. Mitchei says that north of the Poto- ?
uac there is no law, and be was in doubt
o
ill the time whether he was in America, or m
Poland, or Yenetia. The people of Mary- !?
and engage a great portion of the writer's q
mention, and be cannot find Words enough t
;o extol them for their patienoeand South- ?
;rn patriotism. Richmond be finds very
little changed, and that the Irish citizens a
ire giving a hearty support to the Govern- g,
nent. The letter eonclades with the fol- Rl
lowing: .
There are, as I learn, about forty thousind
Irishmen in the Southern army, but T
:hey are distributed, as they ought to be, Q
:hrough all regiments and all arms of the
service, and have never been formed into
in Irish brigade. They, do not pretend to ^
tktn A rwnw'nnn rtlinrrnl flQ Tl*?olimOTl.
iiguu *u40 i&uioiigqu i^unnut ?*u ai?huimvh) ^
ior do they desecrate the name nor prosti;ute
the flag of Ireland at ail. As for the
northern Irish, who seem to have got themselves
persuaded that the enfranchisement ^
)f Ireland is, somehow, to resnlt from the j
subjugation of the South, and that the re- ^
peal of one Union tn Europe depends on
:he enforcement of another Union in Amer- .
18
ca. Oar friends here do not well understand
the prooess of reasoning which leads .
;o this conclusion j nor do I. They oall
;hoso Northern foroes, by. the one general
iarne, Yankees; and indignantly protest ^
:hat the green banting under which "Irish" qj
brigades have chosen to march to the invasion
and subjugation of the South, is not ^
;be banner of Ireland at all?merely one |j
>f the Yankee insignia. In all this I agree ^
vith them entirely. ,, Nobody has the right q
.0 unfurl the colors of Ireland in a war of
evasion, and plunder and coercion. These
[rish at the South have never pretended to g
nix up their native country in the struggle;
hey indulge in no Fontenoyism; they
launt no Sunbursts; they display on their ^
manners no round towers, wolf-dogs, or ^
srawnless harps; but go ahead quite sim(J%
inaer the stars and bare of their adopted
sountry, to defend their own homes and ^
leafths from a host of greedy invaders. If .
hey should ever be overpowered and de- (j
eated, Ireland at least will not be dishon- a
sred in their persons. But they have no
bought of being defeated; and I will sum
lp my impression by declaring my convicion
that this Confederacy can never be
lonquered. " p
Desertion of Substitutes. ^
The Richmond Examiner has a letter
'rom "an officer of Gen. Jacbsoo'a Corps" ^
letailing the serious abuse to which our
ijstem of substitution is liable. At the
inclusion of the letter the writer gives r'?
tome statistics on the subject connected j,
vith Gen. Jackson's Corps, the acouracy of tJJ
vhich he vouches for, as they are direct
'rom the official reports of the chief sur- ^
;eons of each division, prepared in confor- ^
pity to a special order for such information.
tie says:
From these reports it will appear that
L573 have been received in four divisions _
re
if this corps, of whom but 692 remain in ^
ervice. Of the number received 508 have
leserted, 88 have been discharged as whol- ^
y unfit for duty, 97 have died' of disease, Q1
ind 104 art absent on sick leave, or so far .
or
lisqualified for service in the field that it j3
iai; been found necessary to detail them for
lospital or other light duties. ^
Looking farther into the details, it will be
een that in the division now commanded j
>y Major General Trimble 449 have been ^
eoeived as substitutes, of whom but 154
eraain in service; 201 have deserted and ^
'8 having been'discharged, or are absent on
ick leave, or have been sent to hospital du- w
y or have died. But 16 were killed. ^
In Brigadier General Paxton's brigade th
.91 have been received, and bnt 62 remain in
n service, one half having deserted. h(
In Brigadier General Jones' brigade 121 b?
laving Decn received, auu due remain th
n service, one half having deserted. th
In the 14th North Carolina Regiment,*
Jen. Stokes' brigade, forty two received at
lifferent times, all deserted the night of the 1
lay upon which they were accepted into ?
ervice. th
In some instances minors, who in a short ac
ime would themselves be liable to military foi
ervice, have been received as substitutes, of
nd the principles thus discharged from fur- is
ber liability to the conscript law. In oth- th
r instanoes men over fifty, and some near otl
ixty years of age, have been accepted, who
oon manifesting the infirmities of old age, pli
rere declared unfit for daty. roi
It will thus be observed that in this corps us
lone, we have less than our proper effective no
irce by some eight hundred men, and the fit
list obligations of law and patriotism wbioh frc
equire every able bodied man between cer- in!
nin ages, in such a crisis as the present, to po
ontribute bis services to his country, are qn
ancelled and set at nanght by a law capa- ed
le of being perverted to the basest pnrpo- siv
es of fraud and disloyalty. mi
The results show a laxity of duty spool
ie.part of the medical examining officers^
hich merits attention.
Congressional Poetry.?.Hon. Mr.
ox, of Ohio, delivered a very strong speeoh
1 the Yankee Congress, last week, in &vor
f peace, and closed it with the following
oem. We ritber think "Caroline" won't
nd it convenient to "remember the pathie
has gone?she has left ?is in passion, in pride?
ur stormy-browed sister, so Ion* at our side !
ie has torn her own star from our firmament's glow,
nd turned on her brother the face of a foe!
, Caroline! Caroline 1 child of the snn,
Ta Ant, sfoMst lhft? ruts' linftrfa ItflVA finA
ur forehead* both sprinkled In liberty'* name, 1 ' rom
the fountain of blood with tlie river of J^rae.
ou were always too ready to fire at a touch ;
ut we nald, "Slieib hasty??hc doea not mean much," .
rQ have acowled when you uttered some turbulent threat;
ut frlcndahlp syil.whiaperedj^Forjlve and forget."
0* our lovn all died out ? Haye its nltara grown cold i
or the cnrac come at last which tlie father* foretold ?
hen nature must teach us the strength of the chain
hat her petulant children would sever in twain.
bey may fight till the buzzards ore gorged with their
spoil?
111 the harvest grows black as It rolls In the soilill
the wolves and the catamounts droop from their caves,
nd the shark tracks tho pirate, die lard of tltf waves.
i vain Is the strife ! When its fury is past,
bcir fortun$ must flow in one channel at last;
(Cheen>.)
* the torrent* that rush from the mountains of snow
ill mingled In peace throngh the valley below.
ur Union is river, lake, ocean ahd sky,
an breaks not the medni when Gad cats the die!
hough darkened with sulphur, though cloven with steel,
be blue arch will brighten, the waters will heal.
. Caroline! Caroline! child of the sun!
here are battles w'tli ftite that can never he won !
he star flowering bannnr must netier he furled,
jr Its blossoms if light are the hope of the world!
(Applause.)
9, then, our rash sinter! ft far and aloof,
in wild in the sunshine away from our roof;
ut when your heart aches, and your feet have grown no re,
smember the patlrway that leads to our door!
(Applause.)
Important prom Mexico?The Crrr
akent.?The Galveston New?t of the 2d
It., says:
An official letter from the French Conll
at Matamoras, states that the city of
[exico had been captured by the French
oops. Tampico was oconpied by 8,000
rench and some Jreactionary troops, on the
2d December, and that there were at the
me of writing 8,000 troops in the city.?
[atamoras may at any time be ocoupied by
le French, and will certainly be soon.?
he French army numbers over 40,000
ien, four times the number neoessary for
iking the whole of Mexico.
The New thus alludes to this interesting
i formation:
We look npon this as very Important
sws; The oonqneat of Mexico by the
renoh, or, which is the same thing, the
isolute military control by Napoleon, plais
French power in contiguity with the
onfedcrate States on the South, as Engsh
power is in contiguity with Lincoln's
twernment on the North. It is worthy of
ate that while France has been steadily
id noiselessly establishing her power in
fexictr, by large fleets and armies, Great
ritain has been eqoally indefatigable in
lading some forty or fifty thousand troops
id immense army supplies into Canada,
bese military operations in Canada and
i Mexico, have been going on simultaneisly,
and, apparently, with a like dctermiation
by both Governments to avoid atacting
much observation. Under suofa
reumstanoes, it is difficult to believe that
icse operations are beiDg carried on with
mutual understanding between those Gov nments,
and without a predetermined purise
to be accomplished.
1? ?
A New Method op Amputation ?
r. Chassaignac, Surgeon to the Hospital
ariboislere, has published a paper in tho
edical journals on a new method of amatating
limbs without the aid of the knife,
or this purpose he uses what he oalls a
lustio bracelet, consisting of a ring, ronnd
hioh are placed little chrystal oups of a
ictangular form. The ring is applied to
le ezaot place where the amputation is to
ke place; a pledget of lint, impregnated
ith a solution of perchlorride of iron at
lirty-fivo degrees, is placed above and on3r
the riog, and the oup3 are then charged
ith fragments of Ethos caustic. The
ember to be amputated is subjected to a
msiderable degree of compression, which
moves some of the liquids of the body
om the diseased part. As tho oaustio
oceeds in its aotion, copious bleeding
ight occur, to remedy which the operator
' his assistants ezeroise a digital pressure
i the principal artery until the operation
completed. There is considerable differ*
ice in the behavior of a muscle separated
j the knife or by action of the oaustic.? j
i the first case it contracts, and a large
terval is left between the two parts that
ive been divided; bat under the action of
,e caustic the muscle does not recede ei*
er way. Dr. Chassaignap has tried his
ethod twice in cases where the patients
ere so feeble as to render ordinary ampution
eztremely dangerous; in both cases
e operation was successful. The bracelet
one case was applied five times, for twelve
-? ? t *
mrs each, before all tbe sore parrs coma
> eaten away by the caastio. As soon as
e bone became apparent, it was oat
roagh by means of the chain-saw.
Galignani.
To Kill Worms in Peach Tree Roots.
Oar peopTe do not sufficiently attend to
cir frait trees; hence the defective charter
of much of oar fruit. A simple plan
r destroying the worm that infest the root
the peach tree is hereunto annexed, and
at least worth a trial. Many a tree might
us be made to bear perfectly which woald
herwise fail :
"Take a small hoe, or other suitable imement,
and excavate the earth from the
Dts of the tree to the depth that the worms
nally penetrate. Then take about a
und of unslacked lime, broken into small
igments; mix it with the earth removed
>m the tree root, and paok the' 'mixture
to the excavation aronnd the- tree; then
ur water npon the mixture in sufficient
entity to slack the lime. The heat evolvby
this means, together with the corrode
quality of the lime will, within a few
mates, destroy every worm, even when
thoy have penetrated the bark, and this
without injuring the tree.
Interesting, from Beaufort?A Fisticuff
between Hunter and: Foster.?
We have some late and trustworthy tidings
from Beaufort, which folly confirm the
hew8v heretofore published, of a personal
difficulty, having'occurred between Major
General' Hunter and Foster. The qnsrrel
related to precedence in rank, and concluded
by General' Foster informing General Hanter
that sooner than fight undcrhim, he
would fight againit him; and suiting the
action to the word, Gen. Foster dealt Gen.
rr if it * n rr_l_'
ttumer a oiow in ine iace. uenerai nuoter
was not slow to assert his belligerents
rights, and repliqfl by striking Gen. Foster
on the head with a billet of wood, drawiog
blood profusely. "B&fore Ittftthtiies could
be rvsumed, the combatants were separated.
Foster, after ordering the debarkation of
his division on St. Helena Island, left for
Washington to have his position defined.?Meanwhile,
it is onrrently reported at Beanfort
that Hunter will try Genesis Point and
Causten's Bluff, as preliminary steps to the
attack on Savannah, and at the same time
maroh against the railroad at Poootaligo;
and thus, if successful, get the.inside traok
from bis rival. The attack on these points,
it was thought, would take place about the
first of Maroh j so that wo may hoar some
stirring news in a few days from the boast.
Of oourse, every "lad in grey" is perfectly
delighted at the prospeot of getting India
robber clothes and blankets, to say nothing
of water-proof boots, &o.
-'Wo learn from, the same source whence
we obtained the above information, that
there are over 30,000 troops at Port Royal,
and more expeoted.?- Charleston Mercury.
A Handsome Trick.
Capt. T. Stookdale with his oavalry company
had provoked the intense wrath of
some of the Yankees about Baton Ronge,
by bis constant forays upon their foraging
parties. He is always annoying them in
one way or another. Sometimes tfis in en secure
themselves behind the levee ao^uUtly
ntnlr nfF t.Ko ornn.hrml. r.ilnfa no thafl hnoor
r.v" ?- e.-- ?? r ? ?
near the banks, and at other pointa, hasty
batteries are pot up for the espeoial bene*
fit of Yankee transports. In this way he
has sent quite a number of the free navigators
to Davy Jones' Looker, and crippled
some of their Bteamboats.
About a week ago, the captain accidentally
Heard that a number of wagons were at
the house of a Mr. Pierce, a Louisiana tory,
and living some four miles from Baton
Rouge, for the parpose of hauling cotton
into that city. He detailed three of his
men, dressed himself in the style of a Yankee
officer, (by the way, the captain could
easily impose himself upon the unsaspecting
tory as a Yankee, being a Pennsylvaoian
by birth and education, but a staunch Mississippian
in all else,) and rode up to the
house, at a late hour at night, of Mr. P.,
with his detail.
' Good morning, Mr. Pierce," aays the
captain.
( Good morning sir," responded that individual.
"You had better have your wagons sent
away immediately," says the captain, "tbe.
woods are full of the d?d rebels, and they'll
be on you before you are an hour older."
The frightened old tory jumped around
with amazing uimbleness, bad the negroes
woke and the mules harnessed in an incredible
short short space of time. This done,
the captain directed three of his men to
.mount each by the side of the driver, to
act in the capacity of guides. At daylight
the wagons were quietly driven into the
"d?d rebel" camp, and the wagons and
teams properly appropriated. There were
a timely acquisition, as our troops were.ln
great need of just spoh articles.?Jackson
Mississippian.
French Policy.
The Richmond Dispatch says : For ourselves
we can say that we see no prospect
whatever of French intervention, nor can
nn^Anfttnn/5 tttV? rr Qamnv/? oliAnl/1 ikft On
>tc uuuDiocauu nujr wvnmu ouvuju i/c a\j
much alarmed upon that head.- France
has already all she wants. She sent au army
to Mexico, and will no doubt conquer,
that country. She has blown the Monroe
doctrine to the wiods. It will never be
heard of again in our times. 1 It was, as interpreted
of late years, ridionlous enough;
but, as long as we were one people, no European
power durst call it in question.?
Now it has gone the way of all flesh, along
with the old United States and the Constitution
which created their Government.?
The Frenoh want Mexico for its cotton-produoing
capabilities. They will soon And
that cotton cannot be produced by white
labor. They can get the slaves nowhere
else but in Africa, and to Africa they will
resort for them. There is no Exeter Hall
in Paris, and the Emperor Napoleon is no
humanitarian. If he wants the negroes to
cultivate his cotton lands, he will not stand
upon scruples. He will open the African
slave trade at once, and Seward will enjoy
the enviable satisfaction of seeing the revival
of that traffic, the result of his humane
labors in endeavoring to destroy the States
of this Confederacy.
a?* The wife of Gen. John C. Breckinridge
has had prepared a magnificent stand
of colors; constructed from the silk of the
wedding dress worn by herself upon the
day of her marriage, and designed, through
her distinguished husband, to be presented
to the most gallant and brave regiment in
his division. We understand that this appropriate
and valued present has been bestowed
upon the 20th Tennessee regiment,
commanded by Colonel' Tom Smith, and
well known as the famous Battle's Regiment,
that did such gallant servicei in the
disastrous battle of Fiehing Creek.?Savannah
New.
? ; ??:"
Information, deemed authentic, has
been reoeived in official circles that the
greater part of Hooker's army are. now at
Fortress Monroe, Newport News and Suf
touc. xney are muon aemorauzea, sua ic
is believed were moved from the Rappahannock
because of the numerous desertionB
that were daily occoring, and which threatened
to break up the organization of the
army. The number that has bqen sent# *. ?
Suffolk is estimated at twenty-five ibojisand.
The occupation of Newport New?*|fc . 2
is thought, is intended to be of long duration,
as the troops hare been set about the;
construction of cabins, ovens, &c. >
?
Closing op the Wait.?The Richmond
Ditpatch takes a gloomy view of thefutore,
and thinks we are^not yet near the begin-.*.p
ning of the end." It says - 1 .
So far from being about to end, we;& *7%
lieve the war is aboot to ataame a shape
-more terrible than it has ever yet preaenftl * !
The Tanker armies were never so large as
tnon or a nnnr nnA (Kav OtMafaAnJ M. '
i*MV/ "1V ?J
at so many important points before. Jjjfcv*W
well for this feet to be thoroughly understood.
It is all important for individuals,
as well as communities, always to look their
situation fully in the face, that they may
know how they stand, sod vhat they candV '^
in the crisis.
We shall beat the Yankees, wo believe.
.have given us a ahanoe. Unless in the casg .
of an isolated position?as at Dooelson and
Roanoke Island?or where they have" been
enabled to bring their suporior fleet to bear
upon us, they have never been able to eon- .;
tend with us. We have rarely , ever" en,countered
them, when they had not at least r
three to one against us, and if none of our ,
numerous victories have been pasted to a
satisfactory consummation, it is because of
tnat inferiority of numbers. We will continue
to beat them. Bat the time has nvt
yet come for them to give up thyucontest. '
? ?
Marrying by Telegraph?A Yankee
"Institution."?The Yankee papers
inform us that, on the Cth of Febrnary, a
marriage ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Win. Carr, Chaplain of the 4th iffipr i -;
iment N. under novel ou-camstances,
the clergymen aDd bridegroom be? . *
ing in the city of Washington and the bride
in the village of Fulton, Oswego county, N.
Y., daring the ceremony. The bridegroom 4&S
is a member of the 4th regiment, and circumstances
prevented his beiojfia Fultoa . ;
to falfill his engagement with the young
ladv. Bv mail, the narties agreed to have
the ceremony performed through the medium
of the electric telegraph. Tbe Oswego
Times says : "The day and boar
having been arranged, the parties repaired
to the telegraph offioes at thq respective
stations, the fair bride accompanied, by a
female friend as bridesmaid. The gentlemanly
operator at FaltOU officiated as bridesman.
The first despatch over the wire re- v
lating to tbe affair was from Washington,
inquiring if the lady was present? An
answer in the affirmative was returned, and
the ceremony proceeded. Tbree messages
were sent to Falton and. two transmitted to
Washington, and the ceremony was -completed.
The last message from Washington
was the declaration of tbe clergyman pronouncing
the parties man and wife. . v"
' '">in" '' ^ " v j qrt \ ^
S aakspear's Skylc<7K.. ?V?e find in . * \
the, Jewish Record, a journal devoted to
the interests of American Israelites, and %
published in New York, a new version of
8bakspeare'8 "Merohant of Yepice." The
writer, who is himself a
The play is founded on fact, with this v
important differenoe, that it was the Jew
who was to. foTfeit the pound of flesh if he
lost the wager. The uiroum&anco
place not at Venice, bat in Rome, daring tbe
pontificate of Sixtas, the Fifth. The Jew .
lost; the noble demanded the pound of
flesh} the Jew demurred and offeredtnbh^f '' J
which was refused. Sixtas decided in favor
of the noble, witb tbe provision that ue
should have bat exactly one pound of flesh
?not one grain more-or less, on pain of being
hanged. The noble naturally declined
the risk; the pope fined both parties in
heavy snms for making such a wager. The.
old Sbolook-s memory is vindicated at last.
We fear, however, notwithstanding "the.
truth of history," that Shakspearo's will*
continue to be the popular version of the ^
efory. (
mil ?: ivlv ,
?Ai XT._r.IL. XT . V -
0>aj~ At XIWIUI*; UU XHIT J. OUl ? uiguv, ,
after the great negro procession, there was
an equally magnificent negro ball, which was
attended by Gen. 'Viele and lady in fall 'jjj
ball costume. The Gene opened the bait
leading a dance with Harriet Mitchell, a
well-known negro mantua-makerjof Norfolk.
Oar'informant does--not state whether the
Mrs. General imitated her august husband,
by choosing a negro partner or not, butsS$yr
presumed she did. These facts are comnro-v .
nicated to ns by an officer in oar army from
Norfolk, who has communicated with a lady
who recently came through the Federal
lines.
MM* 4?
The Yankee Scourge.?Some time
since, the Yankees announced that they ? ;
would burn Charleston to the ground and
&W the streets with salt. They! are now
meditating even a worse fate forkWHalmetw
to City should they .succeed in capturing iC
As if to wreak their deraooiao spite against*
the oity of their hate, they propose to inflict
Butler the Brute upon it. We trust
that no sueh calamity is in reserve for owe
sister oity. Fire, pestilence and famine,
wonld be bad enough, but from the Beast
may a merciful Heaven protect them !?
Savannah News.
? ? ?MMi ?Notwithstanding
Maoaulay's repu
tattoo for conversational power, be appears
to have uttered few bon mots, to have few
conversational points whioh are repeated
and remembered. One is the following:?
It is said he met Mrs. Beecber Stowe at
Sir Charles Trevelyan'a and rallied her on
her, admiration of Sbakspeare. ."Which
of his characters do you like best ?" said he.
"Desdemona," said the lady. "Ah, of
course," was the reply, "for she was the
only one who ran after a black man."